Infortrend S12 Series - Single-Controller with Fault-Tolerant Path

EonStor / EonStor DS S12/S16/S24 Series
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Single-Controller with Fault-Tolerant Path
LD
LV
LV
LD
RAID + JBOD
CH0 ID0 CH0 ID1
CH1 ID0
CH1 ID1
CH2 ID0 CH2 ID1
CH3 ID0
CH3 ID1
CH0 ID1
CH1 ID1
CH1 ID0
CH0 ID1
CH1 ID1
CH1 ID0
CH2 ID1
CH3 ID1
HBA 1
HBA 0
HBA 1
HBA 0
EonPath
EonPath
CH0 ID0 CH0 ID0
CH2 ID0
CH3 ID0
CH2 ID0
CH3 ID0
CH2 ID1
CH3 ID1
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A
B
12x
6x
8x
2x
9x
3x
10x
4x
11x
5x
7x
1x
Ethernet
A
12x
6x
8x
2x
9x
3x
10x
4x
11x
5x
7x
1x
C
GbE switch
V
LAN1
V
LAN2
Component Description
RAID system
iSCSI RAID managed by a single controller, with 4 host
ports
HBA or NIC
iSCSI initiators, preferably PCI-E TCP/IP offload engine
(TOE) capable cards
GbE cables
GbE network cables
Software
EonPath to manage the fault-tolerant paths with failover/
failback and load balance
RAID
configuration
4 logical partitions (created from 2 logical volumes)
2 Logical Volumes (each contains a logical drive)
2 Logical Drives
* Each logical partition appears on two different host
links for the purpose of fault tolerance. Use EonPath
multi-pathing software so that your operating system can
identify alternate paths to the same logical drive.
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